Morton's of Chicago Shrimp Alexander

Posted by LladyRusty at recipegoldmine.com 2/28/2002 8:06 am

Source: WXIA 11, Atlanta - 7/21/98 - from Will Massey, Morton's

Bread Crumbs:
1/2 loaf unsliced white bread

Seasoning:
1 1/2 tablespoons minced garlic
2 1/2 teaspoons minced shallots
2 1/2 teaspoons minced parsley
Salt and white pepper, to taste

Shrimp:
6 large shrimp, tail on
1/4 cup butter

Bread Crumbs: Trim crusts off 1/2 loaf unsliced white bread and process into fine crumbs. Place in large bowl.

Seasoning: Add garlic, shallots, parsley, salt and pepper to bread crumbs. Mix with a fork.

Shrimp: Clean and devein shrimp. Melt butter and place half in a shallow pan. Reserve rest for later. Dip cleaned and well dried shrimp into butter and then into bread crumbs. Do this one shrimp at a time. Gently shake off excess bread crumbs and place shrimp, vein side down, in shallow pan. Curl tail up. Drizzle reserved butter over shrimp. Bake shrimp in preheated 500 degree F oven for 5 minutes.

Servings: 1